Aim and Scope

Digital Health & Telemonitoring Advances (DHTA) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and evidence-based practice in digital health, telemonitoring, remote patient management, connected healthcare, and technology-enabled health services.

The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, clinicians, healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers, data scientists, public health specialists, policymakers, health-system administrators, and technology developers working at the intersection of healthcare and digital innovation.

DHTA publishes research that examines not only technological performance, but also clinical effectiveness, patient safety, usability, accessibility, privacy, interoperability, health equity, ethical implications, implementation challenges, and real-world healthcare impact.

Aim of the Journal

The primary aim of DHTA is to support the development, evaluation, validation, implementation, and responsible use of digital technologies that improve:

Healthcare delivery.
Disease monitoring.
Clinical decision-making.
Patient engagement.
Continuity of care.
Health-system efficiency.
Access to healthcare services.
Quality and safety of care.

The journal particularly encourages research that:

Advances knowledge in digital health and remote healthcare.
Evaluates telemonitoring and remote patient-monitoring systems.
Supports evidence-based adoption of digital technologies in healthcare.
Investigates artificial intelligence and data analytics in clinical settings.
Addresses privacy, cybersecurity, interoperability, and health-data governance.
Evaluates digital interventions for chronic-disease management and preventive care.
Examines health-equity, accessibility, and implementation challenges.
Contributes to ethical, regulatory, policy, and governance frameworks for digital health.

Scope of the Journal

DHTA welcomes original and methodologically sound research across the broad field of digital health and telemonitoring.

Core areas of interest include:

Digital Health Technologies

Digital health platforms.
Mobile health applications.
Digital therapeutics.
Connected healthcare systems.
Wearable technologies.
Sensor-based monitoring.
Patient-facing digital tools.
Health information technologies.
Clinical decision-support systems.
Digital rehabilitation.
Technology-supported self-management.

Telemonitoring and Remote Patient Monitoring

Remote physiological monitoring.
Home-based patient monitoring.
Continuous health monitoring.
Wearable and implantable monitoring technologies.
Monitoring of chronic diseases.
Remote postoperative surveillance.
Remote cardiac, respiratory, neurological, and metabolic monitoring.
Medication-adherence monitoring.
Early-warning systems using remotely acquired patient data.

Studies should clearly describe the technology, population, clinical context, outcomes, and limitations where applicable.

Telemedicine and Virtual Care

Teleconsultation.
Virtual outpatient services.
Remote specialist consultation.
Teletriage.
Telehealth in primary care.
Tele-rehabilitation.
Telepsychiatry.
Teledermatology.
Telecardiology.
Remote nursing.
Virtual follow-up.
Hybrid models of in-person and remote care.

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

DHTA welcomes responsible and clinically relevant research involving:

Artificial intelligence.
Machine learning.
Deep learning.
Predictive health analytics.
AI-assisted diagnosis.
Clinical decision support.
Automated interpretation of health data.
Generative AI in healthcare.
Intelligent virtual assistants.
AI-supported remote monitoring.
Risk prediction and early detection of deterioration.

AI-based studies should report methods, validation, limitations, bias, generalizability, safety, and clinical relevance transparently.

Unsupported claims regarding accuracy, fairness, safety, or clinical effectiveness should be avoided.

Wearable Devices and Connected Sensors

Smartwatches and wearable health devices.
Biosensors.
Cardiac monitoring devices.
Pulse-oximetry systems.
Blood-pressure monitoring.
Glucose monitoring.
Respiratory sensors.
Sleep and activity monitoring.
Smart textiles.
Implantable sensors.
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT).
Multimodal physiological monitoring.

Mobile Health

The journal welcomes research on mobile-health applications used for:

Disease management.
Patient education.
Medication support.
Symptom tracking.
Mental health.
Maternal and child health.
Rehabilitation.
Preventive health.
Adherence monitoring.
Mobile clinical decision support.

Digital Health Data and Analytics

Real-time health analytics.
Predictive modeling.
Longitudinal patient-data analysis.
Digital biomarkers.
Population-health analytics.
Big-data approaches in healthcare.
Remote-monitoring analytics.
Health-data visualization.
Clinical data integration.
Data-quality assessment.

Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Electronic health records.
Electronic medical records.
Clinical information systems.
Health-information exchange.
Hospital information systems.
Patient portals.
Clinical documentation.
Digital referral systems.
Integrated health records.
Decision-support integration.

Interoperability and Digital Health Infrastructure

Healthcare interoperability.
Integration of medical devices and information systems.
Health-data exchange.
Digital-health architecture.
Cloud-based health infrastructure.
Digital identity.
Cross-platform integration.
Healthcare data standards.

Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection

Cybersecurity in healthcare.
Medical-device security.
Health-data privacy.
Patient confidentiality.
Secure data transmission.
Authentication and access control.
Security of remote-monitoring platforms.
Privacy-preserving analytics.
Data-governance frameworks.
Cybersecurity risk assessment.

Ethics, Governance, and Responsible Digital Health

Informed consent.
Algorithmic accountability.
Responsible AI.
Transparency and explainability.
Digital autonomy.
Health-data reuse.
Clinical accountability.
Technology-related discrimination.
Digital surveillance.
Responsible innovation.

Digital Health Equity and Accessibility

Digital divide.
Rural and remote healthcare.
Accessibility for older adults.
Disability-inclusive digital-health design.
Low-resource settings.
Health literacy.
Language accessibility.
Affordability.
Socioeconomic barriers.
Equitable access to digital healthcare.

Chronic Disease Management

The journal welcomes digital-health research relating to:

Cardiovascular disease.
Diabetes.
Hypertension.
Chronic respiratory disease.
Chronic kidney disease.
Neurological disorders.
Cancer survivorship.
Obesity.
Mental health.
Other chronic conditions requiring long-term monitoring or self-management.

Public Health and Population Digital Health

Digital epidemiology.
Remote surveillance.
Population-risk monitoring.
Digital preventive-health programs.
Public-health dashboards.
Mobile public-health interventions.
Outbreak monitoring.
Digital health communication.
Technology-enabled community-health programs.

Clinical Validation and Technology Evaluation

DHTA encourages rigorous evaluation of digital-health technologies, including:

Diagnostic validation.
Device accuracy.
Clinical effectiveness.
Usability studies.
Feasibility studies.
Pilot evaluations.
Comparative-effectiveness studies.
Safety assessment.
Reliability testing.
Health-economic evaluation.
Real-world performance assessment.

Authors should distinguish exploratory technical performance from demonstrated clinical benefit.

Implementation Science and Digital Health Adoption

Implementation barriers and facilitators.
Clinician adoption.
Patient acceptance.
Workflow redesign.
Organizational readiness.
Digital transformation.
Training and competency.
Technology acceptance.
Sustainability.
Scale-up of telemonitoring services.

Policy, Regulation, and Health-System Governance

Digital-health regulation.
Telemedicine policy.
Medical-device regulation.
Health-data governance.
Reimbursement.
Digital-health standards.
Cross-border care.
Institutional governance.
Public-sector digital-health strategy.
Regulation of AI-enabled medical technologies.

Interdisciplinary Research

DHTA welcomes interdisciplinary research integrating healthcare with:

Medicine.
Nursing.
Pharmacy.
Public health.
Biomedical engineering.
Computer science.
Data science.
Artificial intelligence.
Health informatics.
Behavioral science.
Economics.
Management.
Ethics.
Law.
Health policy.
Human-computer interaction.

Interdisciplinary manuscripts should clearly explain how the integration of disciplines contributes to digital-health knowledge, healthcare practice, patient outcomes, or health-system improvement.

Article Types

DHTA may consider:

Original Research Articles.
Clinical and Observational Studies.
Technological Validation Studies.
Systematic Reviews.
Meta-Analyses.
Scoping Reviews.
Methodological Studies.
Implementation Research.
Case Studies.
Policy Analyses.
Conceptual Papers.
Technical Studies.
Health-Economic Evaluations.
Short Communications.
Scholarly Perspectives.

All submissions must meet the journal's editorial, ethical, methodological, and reporting requirements.

Out-of-Scope Submissions

Manuscripts may be considered outside the scope of DHTA when they:

Discuss general healthcare topics without a substantive digital-health component.
Present purely technical computing or engineering research without a meaningful healthcare application.
Describe commercial products without independent scholarly evaluation.
Present promotional or marketing material.
Make unsupported claims about clinical effectiveness, diagnostic accuracy, or medical benefit.
Lack a clear scholarly or research contribution.
Provide insufficient methodological information.
Report unverified medical claims.
Fall primarily outside digital health, telemonitoring, remote care, health informatics, or related healthcare technologies.

Scope Commitment

Digital Health & Telemonitoring Advances (DHTA) seeks to publish rigorous, evidence-based, ethical, equitable, and clinically relevant research that contributes meaningfully to the responsible development and implementation of digital healthcare.

The journal values interdisciplinary scholarship that combines technological innovation with methodological rigor, ethical responsibility, patient-centered care, data transparency, and real-world healthcare relevance.